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Enjoy the very best of LondonThu, 19 Jan 2017 14:20:32 +0000en-GBhourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.5The Perfect Place to Grow: 175 Years of the Royal College of Arthttp://blog.visitlondon.com/2012/11/the-perfect-place-to-grow-175-years-of-the-royal-college-of-art/
Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:09:24 +0000http://blog.visitlondon.com/?p=30214

From David Hockney to James Dyson, some of the world’s best-known artists and designers have studied or taught at the Royal College of Art. Now the RCA has launched a new exhibition about its 175-year history.

I visited the free show yesterday and was amazed at the breadth of work on display, from a real Porsche designed by RCA graduate Matthias Kulla, to David Hockney paintings from the 1960s, sculptures by Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore, and a boat designed by James Dyson while he was still a student at the college.

I liked Gavin Turk’s blue plaque stating â€œGavin Turk, Sculptor worked hereâ€, which he famously exhibited in an empty studio for his degree show, and Tracey Emin’s The Perfect Place to Grow, a shed on stilts with a peephole that visitors are encouraged to look through.

Two of the most memorable artworks were a big cat made from coat hangers by David Mach (pictured above) and a sculpture made from plastic dolls’ heads joined together at the neck by Jake and Dinos Chapman.

I left feeling inspired and excited by the creative buzz at the RCA, and almost wishing that I could become a student again.